Headlined by a light heavyweight tournament semifinal bout between
Richard
Hale and D.J.
Linderman, Bellator 42 goes down Saturday from the Lucky Star
Casino in Concho, Okla. The event, which airs live on MTV2, will
also feature the other 205-pound tournament semifinal, as Tim
Carpenter meets Christian
M'Pumbu.

The show was originally supposed to be headlined by a non-title
heavyweight showdown between reigning Bellator king Cole Konrad
and UFC veteran Paul
Buentello, but a back injury forced “The Headhunter” out of the
match-up.

Bellator 42 will also feature four non-televised undercard bouts,
including the aforementioned Guillen-Holata heavyweight scrap. The
preliminary draw will also showcase Owen
Evinger and Brandon
Shelton in a featherweight duel, as well as a middleweight
affair between Chris Bell
and Jared
Hess and a bantamweight tilt featuring Shane
Howell and Mark Oshiro.